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Cue length

mjantti
I am 6’6” and have started playing with a 60” cue. My game got more consistent as I felt it was easier to get into shooting position. Some years ago I took a couple of lessons from a top instructor and he immediately said I needed a longer cue. I haven’t really tried extensions throughly, feel like they mess up with the balance of the cue.
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Final Round Participants at the World Games Determined

azhousepro
This Monday, the group stage of the billiards competitions at the World Games in Chengdu, China came to an end. At the same time, the participants for the final rounds were determined. 3-Cushion Men After Germany’s Martin Horn had already secured first place in Group A on Sunday with two match wins, South Korea’s Myungwoo Cho followed him today. A 40–40 draw against Erick Tellez from Costa Rica was enough for Cho to advance to the last eight thanks to a better overall average. In Group B, the elimination of Dutchman Dick Jaspers came as the first big surprise. The […]

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If the lag is a skill shot, there's a better way

Bavafongoul
poolscholar said:
Remember how long it took us to accept rack your own... sometimes there's a better way...not saying this will happen or even want it to happen but that is the point of discussion
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Whether you rack or I rack, it is done the same way. Additionally, templates make it easier and consistent.
A one way lag does nothing to improve which player wins opening break or how it evens the playing field.
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If the lag is a skill shot, there's a better way

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Bavafongoul said:
Because it is not a typical stroke you’d normally use in the game of pool to pocket a ball aside from day a safety shot.
So why start using a stroke you might not have used, and may never use, except for that the lag start of a match? Oh,
because players are having too great a challenge to send the ball16’ down and back on a 9’ table? OMG, imagine a one way lag on a 7’ table? I’d rather see having to send the cue ball down the table where the foot rail has to be hit 2X (down & back).
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actually in one pocket a stroke speed like a lag is used alot
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Florida Open 2025, August 5-10, Orlando, Caribe Royale

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Bob Jewett said:
The draw for this event has been announced. There is a full field of 256 with a few wildcards not yet available.

256 players
$200,000 prize fund
$250 entry
Standard WNT format: double elimination into single for the last 64.

Here is the draw, but I think you need a free membership to see it:

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This is probably a bit off subject but you might have an insight. Does MR have anything in place that prevents players from cutting the money up? That's a lot of money in the case of this most recent tournament difference between first and second was $24,000.
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If the lag is a skill shot, there's a better way

Bavafongoul
poolscholar said:
Why is it bad? Because it's different?
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Because it is not a typical stroke you’d normally use in the game of pool to pocket a ball aside from day a safety shot.
So why start using a stroke you might not have used, and may never use, except for that the lag start of a match? Oh,
because players are having too great a challenge to send the ball16’ down and back on a 9’ table? OMG, imagine a one way lag on a 7’ table? I’d rather see having to send the cue ball down the table where the foot rail has to be hit 2X (down & back).
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Break Stats -- 2025 Florida Open (9-Ball), August 2025

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kingwang said:
32% seems higher than normal for Match room events on 4" pockets right? Anecdotally, I feel like I heard about longer packages than usual during this tournament and the tables looked more generous based on the eye test. If that's true, I wonder what was different this time around.
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i would argue that the selection for the tv table in this SE played and broke at a very high level. tables looked no different in difficulty, if anything they seemed slower.

32% is a good deal higher than US opens when it still had 4.5" pockets. the fields have become tougher, the level has risen, but i still think this was an anomaly.

MR needs to start doing TPA stats..
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